Title: Auto update wordpress   plugins
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Auto update wordpress plugins

 *  [Viscosity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/viscosity/)
 * (@viscosity)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-update-wordpress-plugins/)
 * I been having a hard time if there is current plugins / configuration that allow
   automatic apply those wordpress update including those plugins without any of
   your intervention press the apply update button.
 * Ps: Bear with me if i am asking silly question.

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 *  [michael.mariart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelmariart/)
 * (@michaelmariart)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-update-wordpress-plugins/#post-3166872)
 * As a personal view, I think that’s a very bad idea. Even though most things are
   stable every few upgrades you see will something from some small conflict to 
   a full-scale meltdown. It just happens when there’s so many plugins and themes
   that can be used in a single system. If the system did automatic updates for 
   you, there’s a chance that you’d never see these issues until you start getting
   complaints from users – or even worse, users stop visiting your site because 
   it’s broken. I’d never want to have updates applied ot my site without me knowing
   and doing a full (files + DB) backup before I start upgrading anything.
 *  Thread Starter [Viscosity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/viscosity/)
 * (@viscosity)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-update-wordpress-plugins/#post-3166883)
 * Well Michael, i did my automatic backup daily using those online plugin just 
   like [codeguard.](https://www.codeguard.com/) Beside that, i used my manual backup
   weekly through cpanel. I will rather use automatic update if you have come across
   any. The reasons behind it are all my updates such as plugins are up to date 
   which reduce the risk of a hack and no need time management doing all those manual
   updates.
 *  [ryansatterfield](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryansatterfield/)
 * (@ryansatterfield)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-update-wordpress-plugins/#post-3166970)
 * Viscosity,
    There is a plugin called [ automatic updater ](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/automatic-updater/).
   It will automatically update the wordpress core and plugins. It is a plugin worth
   installing.
 *  [luipagan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luipagan/)
 * (@luipagan)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-update-wordpress-plugins/#post-3167000)
 * There is a problem with automatically update the WordPress core and plugins it
   is possible that in one morning to see that our website doesn’t work because 
   of compatibility problems. I have this problem on _[link removed]_ and trust 
   me it wasn’t funny at all. Those compatibility problems might appear from nowhere
   and you can see that your site doesn’t work after 2-3 months. If you are lazy
   and you put such plugin for sure you don’t verify if your site works. I recommend
   you to make manual updates to everything, in this way you will be sure that your
   site work without any problem.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-update-wordpress-plugins/#post-3167001)
 * [@luipagan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luipagan/): Please stop posting
   links to your site all over the place. For example, this topic is 5 months old!

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-update-wordpress-plugins/#post-3167001)
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